GOP’s Poliquin to decamp from coastal home to Bangor area

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin plans to decamp from his coastal home and relocate to the Bangor area for his campaign to take back his seat in Congress.

Cumberland, Bangor public schools are best in the state according to new rankings

A Bangor elementary school and a middle school in Cumberland are the best K-8 schools in the state, according to new rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

Bangor venue to go by new name starting next year

Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion will be going by a new name starting next concert season.

Maine woman files suit alleging sexual abuse, threats of retaliation from Jehovah’s Witness church

A woman who says she was abused by a Jehovah’s Witness church elder in Maine as a child is filing a lawsuit.

Fort Fairfield woman charged in overdose death

A Maine woman is accused of supplying drugs to a man who died of an overdose.

Suspicious device prompts lockdown of Portland middle school

King Middle School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after police responded to a report of a suspicious device in Deering Oaks Park.

Two Maine hikers rescued in separate incidents in New Hampshire

A 14-year-old from Yarmouth was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after falling down a waterfall in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

Investigators identify victim in fatal Mechanic Falls fire

The victim in a fatal fire that broke out in Mechanic Falls has been identified.

Teenager killed after vehicle goes off the road in Lincoln County

Police say a 17-year-old girl was killed when her vehicle went off the road and struck a utility pole and a tree in Edgecomb.

Rumford man dead in officer involved shooting in Dixfield

This officer involved shooting had a worse outcome than the one in Portland on Saturday morning.